Comment on Mushroom ID

• Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m really good at spotting differences or inconsistencies, I’m totally lost with mushrooms though, and I go multiple times every Autumn with a woman in her 70’s. She is very clear about what we are looking for. She throws out at least half of what I gather.

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  • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    She does that cause she’s jealous of how many you pick

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  • motor_spirit@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cool, I think you just saved me a bit of time.

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  • StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    with a woman in her 70’s

    Do these conditions have anything to do with a person’s ability to identify mushrooms

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    • whostosay@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Very likely. Experience is a thing

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      • Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If she’s that old and likes to forage there’s only so many bad mushrooms you can eat

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      • Takumidesh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Also, women tend to have better natural color distinction, they more prominently have a genetic mutation that adds a 4th color cone.

        Additionally men are significantly more likely to have some form of colorblindness.

        Age also can have an effect on your perception of the world as well as the objective quality of your vision.

        Finally, describing the subject of the sentence is normal.

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    • sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, she’s not dead yet so that’s a good sign.

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    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If someone goes mushroom gathering multiple times a year, getting to live until 70 speaks volumes about her ability.

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• ulterno@lemmy.kde.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Simple, just eat it and see.
  If you’re dead, it’s poisonous.
  If you are alive, you haven’t eaten enough.

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• StaySquared@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This.

  I’ll just trust the dealer.

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• NightAuthor@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mushroom lesson I did says that looking under the cap, spore color, what tree root system it’s growing in, can give you a really solid ID

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